Improvement in oil-fixtures for slluiwi mating purposes



B. ALLEN. Oil-Fixtures for Illuminating Purposes.

No. 210,981. Patented Dec. 11,1878...

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BOYD ALLEN, OF BOSTON, MASSAGHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN F. DONNELL, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN GIL-FEXTURES FOR lLLUWlINATlNG PURPOSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2B ,9Il, dated December17, 1878 application filed May 1.5, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BOYD ALLEN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk andState of Massa chusetts, have invented an Improvement in Oil-Fixturesfor Illuminating Purposes, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to an improvement in chandeliers in which a singlemovable fountain-reservoir is used for supplying oil to one or moreburners, as desired; and the invention consists in connecting thesupporting-bars to the pendant by means of hinges at the upper ends, thelower ends being detachably connected to the horizontal tubes orbranches, so as to enable the parts to be readily taken apart andarranged in a small compass, for convenience of packing andtransportation.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a chandelierembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a View of the reservoir with itspointed tube, and showing a method of connecting the pendent rods withthe horizontal tubes. Fi g. 3 represents a detachable glass fount.

The chandelier is composed of the rods D, which are attachedto the upperpendant, E, by means of hinges d, the horizontal arms 0, and thecentralholder, F, of thefount A. Thelower ends of the rods D areprovidedwith screwthreads 0, which pass through holes in the horizontal arms 0,and on the ends of which are screwed the nuts or buttons H. Y

The object of this construction of the chandelier is to enable it to betaken apart and folded in a small compass for packing andtransportation. Other means may be adopted for attaching the lower endsof the rods D to the arms (3, so that they can readily be detached.

A represents a fount, made of glass and supported in a central holder,F. It is made removable, so that it can at any time be filled by simplytaking it out of the holder, and, be- 1 in g of glass, the amount of oilin the fount can always be readily seen.

In the lower end of the fount A is secured, by any suitable means, atube, 13, the lower part of which is cut away at an angle, so as toleave an oblong opening, as shown. The upper portion of this oblongopening in the tube B is designed to be at or about onalevel with thatrequired for the oil in the burners G, so that when the oil falls to alevel just below the upper end of the opening air will enter the tube,and, passing into the fount, will cause the oil to descend from thefount and fill the space about the tube above the opening. A continuousfeed of the oil to the burners will thus be supplied in just such anamount as required, withoutdanger of overfeedin g the burners, causingan undue overflow of oil.

. As many arms or branches for the burners may be used as desired, andthe fount may be of any ornamental or desired shape.

WVha-t I claim as my invention is- The rods D, hinged to the pendant E,and detachably connected to the arms 0, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

BOYD ALLEN.

Tvitnesses J. H. ADAMS, J. F. DONNELL.

